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Assembled in English for the first time, an unabridged gem from anarchism's famous theorist

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Intro; Modern Science and Anarchy; Introduction: Reality has a well-known libertarian bias; Modern Science and Anarchy A Publication History; Further Reading; Notes on the text; Acknowledgements; Advance praise; Modern Science and Anarchy; Preface; Part I: Modern Science and Anarchy; I: The Origins of Anarchy; II: The Intellectual Movement of the Eighteenth Century; III: The Reaction at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century; IV: Comte's Positive Philosophy; V: The Awakening in the Years 1856-1862; VI: Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy; VII: The Role of Law in Society

VIII: The Position of Anarchy in Modern ScienceIX: The Anarchist Ideal and Previous Revolutions; X: Anarchy; XI: Anarchy (continued); XII: Anarchy (continued); XIII: Anarchy (continued); XIV: Some Conclusions of Anarchy; XV: The Means of Action; XVI: Conclusion; Part II: Communism and Anarchy; I: Anarchist Communism; II: Authoritarian Communism- Communist Communities; III: Small Communist Communities-Causes of Their Failures; IV: Does Communism Imply the Diminishing of the Individual?; Part III: The State: Its Historic Role; The State Its Historic Role; Part IV: The Modern State

I: The Essential Principle of Modern SocietiesII: Serfs of the State; III: Taxation: A Means of Creating the Powers of the State; IV: Taxation: A Means of Enriching the Wealthy; V: Monopolies; VI: Monopolies in the Nineteenth Century; VII: Monopolies in constitutional England-In Germany-Kings of the Era; VIII: War; IX: War and Industry; X: The Essential Characteristics of the State; XI: Can the State Be Used for the Emancipation of the Workers?; XII: The Modern Constitutional State; XIII: Is it Sensible to Strengthen the Current State?; XIV: Conclusions; Part V: Appendices

I: Explanatory NotesII: Herbert Spencer: His Philosophy; Supplementary Material; Charles Darwin; Anarchy: Its Philosophy, Its Ideal; Co-operation: A Reply to Herbert Spencer; Letter to Comradeship; Organised Vengeance Called Justice; The State: Creator of Monopolies; Index; Copyright; Friends of AK

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